WEBINAR: The Dragonfly and the Labyrinth with Mary Hamilton and Lauren Artress

Mary Hamilton

is one of the founding members and international teachers of the BodySoul Rhythms® program. She is a pioneer in dance and theatre education in Canada. In 1973, she implemented the first secondary school dance credit course in Canada and started teaching theatre with Marion Woodman.  A graduate of the National Ballet School of Canada, with a B.A. and Med. in Education, Mary is a former professor at the University of Western Ontario where she taught modern dance, improvisation, and choreography between 1976-1996. She is the author of The Dragonfly Principle: An Exploration of the Body’s Function in Unfolding Spirituality, Under the Horse’s Ass: A Love Story Human and Divine, and is one of the authors of Leaving My Father’s House: Journey to Conscious Femininity.

https://mwoodmanfoundation.org

Lauren Artress

is an Honorary Canon of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. She founded Veriditas in 1996 with the mission to activate and transform the human spirit through the Labyrinth Experience. Lauren is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of California. 

Lauren has a Bachelors Degree in Special Education, a Master’s Degree in Education and a Doctor of Ministry Degree in Pastoral Psychotherapy. She holds an honorary doctorate from The California Institute of Integral Studies in 1999. She received the Gandhi, King, and Ikeda Peace Award for her work in bringing people together in creative, peace-giving ways. She is on the Editorial Board of Presence Magazine, a publication of Spiritual Director’s International. She is a panelist on the Washington Post/Newsweek blog called On Faith.

Lauren is author of Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice, The Sacred Path Companion and The Labyrinth Seed Kit.